add helperversionoverride

Makefile

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ GO_SRC += $(foreach dir,$(REC_DIRS),$(shell find $(dir) -name "*.go"))
 ########## Required Tools ##########
 # Go Package required
 PKG_GOX := github.com/mitchellh/gox@v1.0.1
-PKG_GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := 1.25.0
+PKG_GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION := 1.28.3
 PKG_GOLANGCI_LINT_SCRIPT := https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh
 PKG_GOLANGCI_LINT := github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v${PKG_GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION}
 

version/version.go

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ import (
 // Version is the string that contains version
 var Version string
 
+// HelperVersionOverride decouples the k3d helper image versions from the main version, if needed
+var HelperVersionOverride string
+
 // K3sVersion should contain the latest version tag of k3s (hardcoded at build time)
 // we're setting a default version for edge cases, because the 'latest' tag is not actively maintained
 var K3sVersion = "v1.18.4+k3s1" // TODO: can we try to dynamically fetch the latest version at runtime and only fallback to this if it fails?
@@ -49,6 +52,9 @@ func GetHelperImageVersion() string {
 		log.Infoln("Helper image tag set from env var")
 		return tag
 	}
+	if len(HelperVersionOverride) > 0 {
+		return HelperVersionOverride
+	}
 	if len(Version) == 0 {
 		return "latest"
 	}